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| - I have been to several wine and canvas events in various locations around the valley. Some better than others but I enjoyed them all, obviously, I keep coming back. The classes vary based on venue, instructor, crowd etc. Some locations put us in a room that is too cramped, sometimes patrons have to walk through a smoke filled bar to get to the "classroom" and sometimes the business hosting the class simply isn't ready for the increased demand on servers and bar staff. ALL of the snafus I've experienced can't hold a candle to the poor set-up at the actual Wine and Canvas Studio.
I can understand that lots of bars and restaurants aren't designing their business model around hosting painting classes. There is going to be an occasional hiccup. I don't understand why a studio with the SOLE PURPOSE of hosting wine and canvas classes falls so short in it's offerings to patrons.
The maximum occupancy of this place is 127 and they offer one restroom. I don't mean one restroom per gender but one restroom period. I don't know the exact count but I estimate 60+ people the night I was there. The majority were overwhelmingly female, many were drinking and they have one toilet. I was drinking. I had a designated driver and I needed to use the restroom without missing a portion of the class. At one point the line was 3 people deep and the instructor was still teaching. Intermission please.
Next stop, the service or lack thereof. There is a corner "bar" which consists of a counter top, cash register and beverage cooler. Participants have to stand in line and order drinks. There is no waitstaff. Between standing in line for the restroom and going to the "bar" to purchase my own drinks, I'm not sure when I had the time to finish my painting. While the drink prices were relatively reasonable, the selection was slim and the few beers they did offer ran out before the class was over. Two thirds of the way through class I went to get a round for Jessica C., myself and our +1 only to be told that they still had the pumpkin blue moon but were out of regular.
I will probably attend another wine and canvas class in the future. I'll go to a cool little tavern, a cheesy dive bar or a hip new restaurant. I will not, however, be going back to the studio. IMO the studio is a fail. For the same price I can go to a venue with a full service restaurant/bar menu, enjoy being waited on while I paint and not have to time my bathroom trips around everyone else.
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